Patient safety: Indicators

This indicator provides the percentage of long-term care residents who fell in the last 30 days.

This indicator measures the rate of acute care hospitalizations with at least one occurrence of unintended harm during a hospital stay that could potentially have been prevented.

This indicator calculates the risk-adjusted rate of in-hospital sepsis per 1,000 discharges.

This indicator provides the percentage of long-term care residents who had a newly occurring stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer.

This indicator measures the rate of obstetric trauma (lacerations that are third degree or greater in severity) for instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries.

This indicator measures the rate of obstetric trauma (third-degree lacerations or greater in severity) for vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance.

This indicator provides the rate of senior claimants with at least 2 claims and 180 days’ supply for a drug from the Beers list accepted by a public drug program.

The rate of senior claimants with at least one claim for a drug from the Beers list accepted by a public drug program.

This indicator provides the percentage of long-term care residents who worsened or remained completely dependent in transferring and locomotion.

This indicator provides the percentage of long-term care residents whose stage 2 to 4 pressure ulcer worsened.